State v. Haygood’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

31 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'The first is subjective and requires a showing that [the defendant] sincerely and honestly believed it was necessary to kill to defend herself or others. The second prong is an objective standard and requires a showing that a reasonable person in [the defendant's] circumstances would have perceived the use of deadly force in self-defense as necessary.'”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Qualls · State v. Macomber

2. “(c) Nothing in this section shall require a person to retreat if such person is using force to protect such person or a third person.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Qualls · State v. Macomber

3. “' "this fact has some real bearing on the decision in the case,”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Hachmeister · State v. Brazzle